MAMMOTH CARVINGS 16.80 CTS [MX8945]

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This is a natural mammoth tusk harvested in Canada and hand carved by craftsman in Indonseia.There is app a days work in each carving.

Polished both sides

Weight 16.80 cts

Size 27 x 25 x 8 mm app

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Fossil mammoth ivory is not regulated by the conference on international trade in endangered species.[CITIES] or by any govt agencies.

Mammoth ivory has been found in Europe, North America and Asia since the end of the last ice age. The wooly mammoth roamed across the land bridge between Siberia and Alaska during the ice age when parts of Alaska and the Yukon in Canada were free of ice.

mammoth tusk ivory comes from the two modified upper incisors of extant and extinct members of the orderProboscidea. Mammoths are believed to have been extinct for 10,000 years. Because of the geographical range in Alaska and Siberia, Mammuthus primigenius tusks have been well preserved. Therefore, Mammuthus primigenius is the only extinct proboscidan which consistently provides high quality, carvable ivory.